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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
31st March: THE SOURCEhttp://j.mp/clickzone1
Dr Bex LewisDirector: Digital Fingerprint; The Big Bible Project
Research Fellow in Social Media & Online Learning, CODEC, University of Durham
“Getting people talking…” Image Credit: Redbubble.com
Key Verse for Today:
“We saw it, we hear it, and now we’re telling you so you can experience it along with us, this experience of communion with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ” 1 John 1:3 (MSG)
Rev Prof David Wilkinson
God is a communicating God: “In the beginning was the word”. God is extravagant in communication – he is not a silent God who has to be tempted into communicating with people.
Image Credit: Durham University
Jesus: The Source
• Christians believe God has spoken clearly, unmissably and uniquely in the person of Jesus. We believe the story of our universe only makes sense if Jesus is the centre of it. Through the promise, life, death, resurrection, ascension and return of Christ, the meaning and purpose of our universe and our lives are made known. God is not a silent creature, He is the speaking creator.
• It is who Jesus is, not just what he taught, that changes everything ‘Jesus is not only an utterer of the word,’ Walter Bruggeman says, ‘but is himself the uttered word. That is, Jesus’s own person is God’s word of life, which shatters all idolatrous forms of life and makes new community possible.”
• Gerard Kelly Church Actually: Rediscovering the Brilliance of God’s Plan 2011
Transformed Living…
• The reason why some Christians are so constipated, miserable, judgmental, misogynistic, religious and up tight is that they were like that before they became Christians!
• Roger Ellis Essence: The Manifesto of Jesus 2012
We are rich in translations… Image Credit:Seed Resources
… and rich in means to accessImage Credit: Ministry Best Practice Blog
https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/posts/boGmdas6iHy "On average, verses in the King James Version are about 100 characters long, leaving room to slip in a #bible hashtag and still come in under the 140-character limit”e.g. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/short-inspirational-bible-verses.html
All these great Bible verses arrive on my feed without any context, background or explanation. As believers we are fine with this, we of course know the context to any text that appears online… don’t we? But what about everyone else?http://bigbible.org.uk/2012/11/posts-promises-and-perennial-issues-darrenrhill-digidisciple/
Image Credit: Darren Hill
Relationships/Communication
What you say or what is heard?Image Credit: iStockPhoto
Finding God Online?
Jesus in Google Image Search?
Ask Facebook… Google is a commercial venture.. What do friends that you trust have to suggest for you?
• But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect
• Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath.
• …but exalt Him as Lord in your heart. Always be ready to offer a defense, humbly and respectfully, when someone asks why you live in hope. Keep your conscience clear so that those who ridicule your good conduct in the Anointed and say bad things about you will be put to shame